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The one with al-Halfah ...
You've got a da:wah to a Haflah. Are you going to go?
Love it or hate it, most parties around the world revolve around alcohol (or "al-kuhl" - a word the Arabs invented). So it's probably wise to know that Kuwait is a country that is nashifah. Meaning that mashrubaat kuHuuliyah are illegal. Everywhere.
Except at the British Embassy of course - but let's face it, without your relevant connection, getting a da:wah to a function there is going to remain a tricky business indeed.
A while back, I heard that there were some great Haflaat at the as-safaarah briiTaanniyah so one morning while doing paperwork there, I asked the receptionist for an events' programme.
She looked at me as if I were from Mars. Then she said: "Are you ma:zuumah?"
"Doesn't it count that I'm British?" I asked.
She laughed. "No it doesn't, to be honest. I'm afraid you're not invited."
And that was that.
Some people say that a number of nightclubs in London, Paris and New York are difficult to get into. Funnily enough, a back garden Haflah at Kuwait's British Embassy is up there with them.
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